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    Traditional Theology vs Biblical Theology

    Why do you insist on putting words in my mouth? There are several differences between the birth stories and the resurrection * There were plenty of witnesses to the resurrection. * It appears in all 4 Gospels and Paul * The existence of Christianity would be hard to explain without it. This...
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    Traditional Theology vs Biblical Theology

    Allegorical?? First, allegory is a very specific literary form. There’s little of it in the Bible, OT or NT. What you probably mean is legend. Second, the Gospels are surely based on historical information. Where we differ is that we don’t think they’re inerrant. There are slight differences...
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    Is it not OK to be gay?

    The OP starts "I know Christians frown upon homosexuals but is it really not OK to be gay? " In fact Christian views vary. Majorities of Catholic, EO, historically black Protestant, and mainline Protestants in the US think it's acceptable. A majority reject it only among Evangelicals, Mormons...
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    Traditional Theology vs Biblical Theology

    But everyone uses Scripture. For better or worse, different groups come to different conclusions. That means that how you do your interpretation is important. Individual vs community interpretation is one difference, though by no means the only. In the end, I maintain that you can't really...
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    Can the Faith of Parents Save Their Children?

    I'm inclined to stay away from detailed theology and say that parents can't ultimately save their children, but they can give them a good head start.
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    The Coming Civil War Over Abortion

    That right. Most of those (at least the ones until birth) are held by reasonable people. However 14 days (I got the number wrong) is used in many countries including the US in the context of embryo research. This is a different context from abortion, but part of the reason for wide agreement is...
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    The Coming Civil War Over Abortion

    I wouldn't base too much on what is obviously a pious legend. But even if true, it can only have been by the Holy Spirit, since there's no way it could have been explained by human senses. But the Holy Spirit can make the stones cry out. This shouldn't be used to determine normal human development.
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    The Coming Civil War Over Abortion

    Personhood can't begin before about day 12, since that's when it becomes clear whether there's one individual or twins. In my opinion even that's way too early.
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    A Gay Writer Who Forgot Almost Everything Jesus Wrote

    You really think removing our eye was a commandment??? In Mat 5, Jesus was replacing the legal approach (commandments) with getting our motivations right.
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    The Coming Civil War Over Abortion

    He's using intentionally loaded language. I'm actually not in favor of abortion except when it's required medically. (It sometimes is, although that's a small fraction of actual abortions.) But I wouldn't classify a first-trimester abortion as murder, nor call it "killing a baby." It's not that...
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    The Coming Civil War Over Abortion

    Yes, but the discussion assumes what it is trying to prove, that abortion is immoral. You can always provide alternatives to any course of action someone is considering, whether abortion or anything else. But that doesn't mean the law should compel people to adopt those alternatives.
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    Evangelicals

    Historically it was applied to most Protestants. In some countries or languages I believe it's still used that way. But today in the US it tends to be used as a kind of party label. E.g. the National Association of Evangelicals has a statement of faith that echoes the main issues in early 20th...
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    The Coming Civil War Over Abortion

    I saw an interesting study on sexual attitudes today and in colonial times. It was long enough ago that I've lost the citation. Their conclusion was that contraception caused the change. In the old days there was just as much pre-marital intercourse, but if you had a child, the father had to...
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    The Coming Civil War Over Abortion

    I have issues with many of the same things you do. But prohibiting abortion is unlikely to fix it.
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    The Coming Civil War Over Abortion

    No, not all conservatives are stupid. But more educated tend to be more liberal. See, e.g. https://www.people-press.org/2016/04/26/a-wider-ideological-gap-between-more-and-less-educated-adults/. Also, younger generations tend to be more liberal. Thus in a country where red states carry out their...
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    The "Suicidal" Equality Act Of 2019

    Sure it does. The whole argument is based on the idea that transgenders aren't actually their identified gender. But it really doesn't matter for purposes of this discussion which gender a person "really" is. What matters is which gender they're attracted to. And that's not so easy to deal with...
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    The Coming Civil War Over Abortion

    I guess some sophomores make arguments based on evidence. We have pretty good data now on what affects abortion rates. We have less good data, but some, on the effects of gun control.
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    The Coming Civil War Over Abortion

    Not a civil war, no. Rather, if conservatives continue on their current course (which we don't know we'll happen), we're going to see a slow split of the US, with blue states moving closer to what Europe has been and the red states closer to a third world country. Remember, the new...
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    The "Suicidal" Equality Act Of 2019

    I don't think you can just go into any rest room. You have to be someone who identifies with that gender. The reality of schools is such that only a small number of kids who are serious about it are going to do that. Of course you don't actually see much in most rest rooms. I asked my middle...
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    The "Suicidal" Equality Act Of 2019

    It would take quite a bit of research to get all the details, but I'm pretty sure it's approximately the following: * public accommodations * use of facilities run by governments except for schools * assignment to schools; this was originally because of segregated schools (as I read the text...
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